John McKinley

John McKinley (1 May 1780-19 July 1852) was a US Senator from Alabama (D) from 27 November 1826 to 4 March 1831 (succeeding Israel Pickens and preceding Gabriel Moore) and from 4 March to 22 April 1837 (succeeding Moore and preceding Clement Comer Clay), a member of the US House of Representatives (D-AL 2) from 4 March 1833 to 4 March 1835 (succeeding Samuel Wright Mardis and preceding Joshua L. Martin), and an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court from 22 April 1837 to 19 July 1852 (preceding John Archibald Campbell).

Biography
John McKinley was born in Culpeper County, Virginia, and he moved to Kentucky when he was an infant. He worked as a lawyer in Frankfort and Louisville from 1800 to 1819, when he moved to Huntsville, Alabama. He served in the US Senate from 1826 to 1831, finishing Israel Pickens' term, and he went on tos erve in the US House of Representatives from 1833 to 1835. In 1837, he returned to the Senate, but resigned in order to serve as an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court, serving until his death in 1852.